btw @25 direct tv is not really a scam, it's just marketing stuff.

IDK what the rules are for that sort of thing, but there's sites that offer a fake number where you can call people on.

at gorvachov13 I know they are marketing but come on, most of these things are scams and what more than to call them and say that are the most, unepic people in all of scammers history. seriously. they are so immature I can feel my brain cels dieing as I post this
to be onnest, they talk only about there company and how they want to promote it

actually the channel mentioned in post 22 was one of the channels i used to watch, but honestly if you are a scammer and you scam people out of their money and hard earned stuf, what do you expect? someone is sure going to come and show you how worse you are, or something else that you don't like happens to you or else, it's just a way of fighting them, i would agree how ever on other methods which can be less distructive, still those indian scammers do not represent india, and they never will, they only represent them selves being the scammers they are
it simply is disgusting

Just stumbled across this.
While I have absolutely no intention of taking this as a hobby, I watched an awful lot of videos on it, because sometimes I do that. Sort of a "going down the rabbit-hole" experience.
My favourite scambaiter by far is Jim Browning. For one thing, lovely northern Irish accent. For another, he is interested in protecting victims, not in retribution. I mean, sure, he'll deliver info to authorities, and he's locked computers at times because he knows it's the only way to stop or limit scammer activity in a particular group. But what I like about Jim is when he rattles them by keylogging, by being stealthy and looking around on their machine, then using their real name or showing them pics of their families. Sort of a "the game is up, this is where you stop" moments. He's very, very big on warning them that now is a great chance to tell the truth, and he hardly ever raises his voice. Some other channels I found first, and stopped watching, were wrecking stuff, laughing and sounding pretty immature about the whole thing. I prefer the ones where the takedowns are straight and savage.

It sounds to me as if most of this falls under what would be referred to as "grey hat" hacking. i.e., you're probably breaking the law by, say, reversing a connection and using Wire Shark and getting personal info, but you're using it to protect victims and there's no actual extortion involved, so a lot of times authorities will look the other way on the grey area you operate in. Because inasmuch as it might be instantly gratifying to destroy a scammer's files or fuck their shit up, I think it's more valuable to protect victims and report via the appropriate channels.

I have an honest question here, and I preface it this way because it's going to seem like a gotcha question, but it's not. Why are about 90% of scammers from India? I know that Indian people hate them as much as everyone else does, but what is it about India that makes scamming so god-damned popular? I'm not looking for racist answers like "Indians are greedy" or "Indians think everyone else is stupid", but is there something systemic here? Are these people who are very, very poor, trying to feed their families? I am not for a single second defending the behaviour of scammers - seriously, their actions and attitudes make me sick - but I'm wondering if there's a reason why there are so many scammers coming out of India who seem willing to victimize the innocent.

my fav is present green  so far
the guy really does the job well.
most of the other ones are trolls
going to check out him jim browning right now though :d

Oh, I agree there. I am not for a single second excusing their behaviour. I hate that there are people who would do this. And I hate that we exist in a world that would ever put people in a position where they felt they had to do this, regardless of their overall motivations.

Yes, that Browning video where he keeps refreshing the screen made me chuckle. I think the one I liked best is the one with the scammer calling himself Alex. Jim got most of his info, and in exchange for not splashing it all over the internet, got the guy to admit that what he was doing was a scam. The poor dude sounded scared out of his mind. That video was the one that actually made me wonder how folks like this get into that line of work to begin with. The reason I liked it, though, is because I believe at one point Jim says something like, "I know who you are, and I know where you live. Now do you have anything you want to say to me?". And if you don't know any better, that sounds like it might be a threat, say, against the scammer's family or personal safety, even if it isn't. When Browning does sort of lose his temper, it's not loud or showy, it's just low-key savage, and I love it.